[Also read Industrial development in Telangana, Rayalaseema, Costal Andhra: Special economy zones, Solution to Telangana problem, Comparision of Human Development index in rural Telangana, Rayalaseema, and Costal Andhra]
With continued agitation to form telangana and central government’s decision to start process to carve out a new Telangana state from Andhra Pradesh shown unease and unhappiness in people from Costal Andhra and Rayalaseema. Reasons for this unhappiness are many folds these include fear loss of investment, fear of loss of identity as united Andhra Pradesh, fear of loss of world class city, fear of future problems created by new state in terms of Irrigation and lots more. Currently all people from Rayalaseema and Costal Andhra are peacefully protesting separation of AP. Should centre insist on continuing to divide AP into two states Telangana and Visalandhra (New state with Costal Andhra and Rayalaseema) center should compensate people from Visalandhra.
Carving Telangana from Visalandhra will result in more than half population loosing Hyderabad and its amenities. Central government should compensate Visalandhra people for this. Central government should announce a package (in the order of at least 100,000 crore) to create a new capital complex for Andhra and Rayalaseema together. Instead of concentrating the all capital complex at one place plan should be in such a way create administrative, revenue, financial, technological, educational and port based capital complexes at various places evenly distributed in new Visalandhra State.
New State also needs easy access to International airports for development, current international airport at Visakapatnam will not be accessible to all people of Vishalandra so Central government should promise development of two further international airports to help new state achieve reasonable growth. Tirupathi/Cuddapah and Vijayawada could be ideal for these international airports.
Central government should promise commitment to continue development and industrialisation of port regions in Coastal region. Railways for these regions are controlled by south central division at Secundrabad. It would be Ideal if new Coramandal division carved out from south central division.
Irrigation projects need to be renegotiated and interests of people of Costal Andhra and Rayalaseema should be considered. New states should continue commitment to continue great work started by YS Rajasekhar Reddy in improving living conditions in regions of economically backward regions in Rayalaseema and Andhra.
Education is important area which Central government should focus before carving telangana out of Andhra Pradesh. New Visalandhra will lose out Institutes like JNTU, IIT Medak, Indian Institute of Information Technology, International school of Business, NG Ranga Agricultural University, National Institute of Nutrition, CCMB, and various defence research organisation. Central government should develop news institutes comparable to above in various places spread across new Vishalandhra State. Development of these institutes should start even before carving Telangana out of AP.
Health care is one aspect Central government should concentrate on developing in new state. Hyderabad developed into well structured tertiary health centre with both government and private investments. Government has poured lots of money in developing various tertiary health centres around Hyderabad. No Andhra people will be able to go to Hyderabad (once seperated) with dignity for healthcare. Central Government should address this problem by creating at least two centres of excellence one in Costal Andhra and one in Rayalaseema region, these should be in lines of JIPMER, AIIMS.
List will go on; new state will need lots of investments to just exist. Andhra Pradesh people will need to continue agitating for unified Andhra Pradesh. If Central government insists on separating into two states they should address inequalities and show commitment to develop new state with self sustainability. People of Costal Andhra and Rayalaseema should continue agitation peacefully and politically for self sustainability should a new Visalandhra carved out of Andhra Pradesh.
